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Janet Yorkshire Humberside service repor...
Service report for organisations in Yorkshire Humberside connected to the Janet Network...
Janet Kent service report September 2019
Service report for organisations in Kent connected to the Janet network via KPSN...
BEREC clarifies that permanent network s...
Four years ago, Jisc responded to the Board of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC) consultation on network neutrality to point out that some security measures cannot just be temporary responses by the victims of attacks, but need to be permanently configured in all networks to prevent them being used for distributed denial of service and other attacks. This...
EDPB on (not) Necessary for Contract
The European Data Protection Board's (EDBP) latest Guidelines further develop the idea that we should not always expect relationships involving personal data to have a single legal basis. Although the subject of the Guidelines is the legal basis "Necessary for Contract", much of the text is dedicated to pointing out the other legal bases that will often be involve...
Janet West Midlands Service Report Septe...
Janet West Midlands Service Report September 2019...
GDPR: Alumni processes
Most universities maintain databases of alumni, for purposes including keeping them informed about the organisation, offering services and seeking donations. These activities have a lot in common with other charities, so the Information Commissioner's guidance is relevant. Indeed the Information Commissioner's recent description of using consent-based relationships &quo...
Draft Wellbeing Analytics Code of Practi...
Following on from my previous blog post on the possible uses of wellbeing analytics, we...
GDPR: Recording Phone Calls
Most of us are familiar with the recorded messages at the start of phone calls that warn "this call may be recorded for compliance and training purposes". Some may recognise it as meeting the requirement to notify callers und...
What's the data protection difference be...
[UPDATE] a slightly revised version of this post formed our response to the ICO consultation.The Information Commissioner's draft guidance on consent makes a surprisingly broad distinction between public and private sector organisa...
Free Text and Data Protection
Collections of free text – whether in database fields, documents or email archives &...
Are networks data processors?
As the GDPR approaches, several customer organisations have asked us if the Janet network will be offering a data processor contract. Presumably the idea is that the organisation that creates an IP packet is the data controller for the...
GDPR: Backups, Archives and the Right to...
I was recently asked how the GDPR's Right to Erasure would affect backups and archives...
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Service report for organisations in Yorkshire Humberside connected to the Janet Network
Service report for organisations in Wales connected to the Janet network via the PSBA
Service report for organisations in Kent connected to the Janet network via KPSN
Four years ago, Jisc responded to the Board of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC) consultation on network neutrality to point out that some...
[Updated Oct.19 to add EDPB on Necessary for Contract and ICO on Consent]
[Updated Sep.18 to repair links broken by the demise of the Article 29 WP website]...
The European Data Protection Board's (EDBP) latest Guidelines further develop the idea that we should not always expect relationships involving personal data to have...
The European Data Protection Board's (EDBP) latest Guidelines further develop the idea that we should not always expect relationships involving personal data to have...
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There are 9 Universities, 28 FE and...
Service report for organisations in Yorkshire Humberside connected to the Janet network
Service report for organisations in Kent connected to the Janet network via KPSN
